Rockford, IL: The Golden Eagles hosted the 8^th annual Rumble in The Rock event this past weekend against the #8 team in the country Illinois Central College.

The hype leading into this game was matched by the environment that was surrounded with it. The Golden Eagles who are ranked 11^th in the national poll would be in a slug fest with the Cougars who are 8^th in the national poll as well. The Cougars would jump out going on a 7-2 run to take an early lead over RVC before the Golden Eagles would go on a 9-4 run of their own to tie the game up at 11 apiece midway through the first quarter, before finally trailing 18-20 at the end of one. "We knew coming into the game that it would be tough game in which every possession would count." Stated Coach Darryl Watkins

Rock Valley would enter halftime with a 3 point lead over ICC. "We had a lot of opportunities to put this game away. We forced 26 turnovers in which we scored 26 points off of, we out rebounded them by 7, we had 16 2^nd chance points. We even got up 21 more shots than ICC. The deciding factor was we couldn't finish those looks that we got." Stated Watkins
The Golden Eagles cold shooting would eventually be their downfall as they dropped the game to the Cougars 62-66.
McKenna Williams would lead the Golden Eagles with 11 points 14 rebounds. Also reaching double figures would be Emily Rich with 11 points and Nevaeh Hughes with 11 points 9 rebounds.
 
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RVC will host the first annual Martin Luther King Classic right here on the campus of Rock Valley College. Friday will have Highland Community College face off against William Penn University JV at 5pm followed by the Golden Eagles taking on the Greyhounds of Moberly College at 7pm. Saturday will see Highland match up against Moberly at 11am while RVC will take on William Penn at 1pm.

Week 8 - January 9 2023

2022 NJCAA DII Women's Basketball Rankings | Week 8 - 01-09-23
	Place		Team	Record	Points	First Place Votes	Perv. Ranking
	1		CCBC Essex	15-0	140	9	1
	2		Morton	14-0	133	0	2
	3		Kirkwood	14-1	126	0	3
	4		Johnson County	15-0	119	0	4
	5		Iowa Western	12-2	112	0	5
	6		Mesa	11-3	105	0	6
	7		Schoolcraft	9-0	98	0	7
	8		Illinois Central	9-5	91	0	8
	9		Labette	11-3	84	0	9
	10		Lake Land	13-3	74	0	12
	11		Rock Valley	14-4	72	0	11
	12		Pima	11-4	63	0	10
	13		Parkland	12-1	56	0	13
	14		Harcum	14-1	49	0	14
	15		Bryant and Stratton (WI)	12-5	42	0	16
	16		Richard Bland	13-0	33	0	19
	17		Southern Arkansas University Tech	8-2	30	0	18
	18		Niagara County	16-2	21	0	20
	19		North Central Missouri	10-4	14	0	15
	20		Union	9-3	2	0	RV

Receiving Votes: North Iowa Area, Oakton, Jackson